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Connect Cline to PowerMem through MCP.

Prerequisites​

  • Cline installed in VS Code or a compatible editor.
  • PowerMem configured with your LLM provider, API key, and model.
  • A PowerMem MCP endpoint:
    • Local stdio: powermem-mcp stdio
    • Remote MCP: powermem-mcp streamable-http 8848 or powermem-mcp sse 8848

For Cline, use the generic MCP client setup:

Read and follow apps/mcp-client/SETUP.md to setup PowerMem

When Cline is the target client, configure only Cline's MCP server entry.

Manual setup​

Add a PowerMem MCP server in Cline's MCP settings.

For local stdio MCP:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "powermem": {
      "command": "powermem-mcp",
      "args": ["stdio"]
    }
  }
}

For remote MCP:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "powermem": {
      "url": "http://localhost:8848/mcp"
    }
  }
}

If your PowerMem server requires auth, pass POWERMEM_API_KEY in the stdio environment or configure the required remote headers in Cline.

Verify​

  1. Reload Cline MCP servers.
  2. Confirm powermem is connected.
  3. Confirm tools such as add_memory, search_memories, get_memory_by_id, update_memory, delete_memory, delete_all_memories, and list_memories are visible.
  4. Add and search a probe memory containing dragonfruit-zx9.

Troubleshooting​

  • If stdio MCP fails, run powermem-mcp stdio in a terminal.
  • If remote MCP fails, confirm http://localhost:8848/mcp is reachable from Cline.
  • If tools time out, check PowerMem logs and your LLM/embedding configuration.

Uninstall​

Remove only the mcpServers.powermem entry from Cline's MCP settings, then reload Cline.